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TECH BREAK: Old phone to recycle? In France, just drop it in the mail
Figuring out what to do with an old mobile phone just got easier in France. PHOTO | KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV |AFP
What you need to know:
- In June, it collected a record 62,000 tonnes of material as people cleared out their homes after two months of coronavirus lockdown.
- Ecosystem, the NGO behind the project, said people could order a pre-paid envelope from its website jedonnemontelephone.fr (I give my phone) or simply print out a pre-paid address label.
Figuring out what to do with an old mobile phone just got easier in France, where people can now send them free in the mail to have them recycled or refurbished for sale by a charity group.
An estimated 50 to 110 million phones are languishing in drawers across the country, since recycling options are not always straightforward and many people worry the personal data they store might still be accessible.
